Gullatz, Alina Sarah (2023) The effect of nostalgia and anemoia on mood and the moderator role of creativity. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
A positive effect of nostalgia and creativity on people’s current mood has been established. Anemoia, a nostalgic feeling about a place/time you never experienced, is of particular interest since it has not been scientifically studied yet. It could be assumed that it has similar but weaker effects than nostalgia. This study aimed to investigate the effect of nostalgia and anemoia on people’s current mood and how this could be influenced by creativity. We hypothesized that: (a) nostalgia and anemoia will have a positive effect on mood; and (b) the influence of people’s creativity level on these effects. We conducted an online study in which n = 85 participants were randomly assigned to one of the three manipulation conditions (nostalgia, anemoia, and control) which were constructed based on the event reflection task. Our data revealed no significant but positive effects of nostalgia and anemoia on mood. Furthermore, our moderator hypothesis revealed a nonsignificant but interesting pattern. Anemoia had a higher effect on mood compared to nostalgia for people high in creativity, while the effect of nostalgia was stronger for people low in creativity. While our study did not provide support for the hypothesized effects, it suggests a potential benefit of anemoia and nostalgia on mood and a potential influence of people's creativity level on these benefits. However, it also highlights the need for further research to better understand the impact of nostalgia and anemoia on mood as well as the role of creativity in these processes. Keywords: Anemoia, nostalgia, mood, creativity
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Meerholz, E.W. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2023 09:16 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2023 09:16 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2456 |
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